Blogs

Linux doesn't lie, any more than gravity lies, or geology lies, or atmosphere
lies. Like those other natural things, Linux has no guile, no agenda beyond
supporting the entirety of use-space. In rough words, there's no bullshit about
it, and that's one reason it gets used. Let me explain.
more>>

With Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, data centers may take advantage of updated hardware without the expense of porting older applications to a new OS. See more in the following video from Red Hat, and then read the free white paper to go in-depth. more>>

Bob Frankston says connectivity will eventually become
"ambient"—something we just assume, much as we assume electricity, water,
sewage treatment and other infrastructural conveniences. None of those
conveniences are free of cost, of course, and we pay for them one way or
another. more>>

My 2006-vintage Sony Bravia flat-screen "Full HD" TV has Linux inside. I can tell
because it comes with a two-page printout of the GPL, included almost as a
warning. "Watch out", it seems to say. "This TV comes infected
with freedom." Not
that it's worth hacking: you can make breakfast in the time that passes between a
click on the remote and a change on the screen. more>>

Android is a lot more free than iOS, but there are limits. We need to break
through those.

At its birth, Android was the horizontal and open solution to the problem
of Apple's vertical and closed silo. On Android, hardware makers and
software writers could build devices and apps, free to operate outside the
walls of any vendor's closed garden.
more>>

Adobe Systems, the world's leading supplier of graphical software, is gradually
shifting its business to a subscription model, baiting customers with features
and tools available only to Creative Cloud subscribers. more>>

We have a webinar coming up this week -- this one is all about storage. Join us Thursday, March 28, 4:00 P.M. Eastern Time (8:00 P.M. GMT). The webinar is free to all. Register now at http://lnxjr.nl/ANSYSsim328. more>>

We're looking for quick blurbs about what you've done with Raspberry Pi. If you send us a quick description, and maybe a photo, we'll pick our favorites and publish them in our upcoming Raspberry Pi issue!

Spring Break is upon us, and the destination of choice for geeks to take their annual spring sojourn is the South by Southwest Interactive Festival in Austin. Not all those who wish to go will get the expense approved and instead will end up stuck sifting through a barrage of blog posts and event hashtags in order to get their SXSW fix. more>>

At some point in the early 2000s, I got my wife a Nokia phone with a keyboard,
so we could text each other. It was a great little phone, not hard to use or
understand, but she texted me only once with it, to send the word
"no". Then,
in late 2007, not long after the iPhone came out, she told me she wanted one.
Why? more>>

Get Your Geek On! TrueAbility is excited to announce their SXSW Linux Showdown, a competitive contest for Linux IT professionals during SXSW 2013. Taking place from March 8 to 15, the Linux Showdown is an opportunity for contestants to show off their Linux skills and compete for numerous geek themed prizes as well as coveted leader board positions. more>>

The feedback I've gotten on my "Taming the Tablet" column in issue 226 has been amazing. Thanks to everyone who has sent me their tablet setup, their experiences, and their thanks. It makes writing my column feel more like a conversation than a lecture. :)

My first quality time with Aaron Swartz was at the last Comdex, in the Fall of 2002. He had just turned 16, but looked about 10. His old Mac laptop featured a screen with no working backlight. Only he could read it, which he rationalized, with a smile, as a "security precaution." When I asked him about school, he said he had moved on. more>>

As Linux continues to play an ever increasing role in corporate data centers and institutions, ensuring the integrity and protection of these systems must be a priority. With 60% of the world's websites and an increasing share of organization's mission-critical workloads running on Linux, failing to stop malware and other advanced threats on Linux can increasingly impact an organization's reputation and bottom line.

Most companies incorporate backup procedures for critical data, which can be restored quickly if a loss occurs. However, fewer companies are prepared for catastrophic system failures, in which they lose all data, the entire operating system, applications, settings, patches and more, reducing their system(s) to “bare metal.” After all, before data can be restored to a system, there must be a system to restore it to.

In this one hour webinar, learn how to enhance your existing backup strategies for better disaster recovery preparedness using Storix System Backup Administrator (SBAdmin), a highly flexible bare-metal recovery solution for UNIX and Linux systems.